contemporary - schmolck

Question 1

aim?

Answer 1

effect of brain damage on semantic memory

Question 2

sample?

Answer 2

6 patients with brain damage including HM, compared to 8 normal controls matched on age, sex and education, split Ito MTL and MTL+ according to brain damage

Question 3

procedure?

Answer 3

• conducted 13 tests, 9 from semantic battery using drawings of 24 animals and 24 objects which could be categorised
• pyramids and palms test
• answers were scored using a % or a scale 0-4

Question 4

results?

Answer 4

• MTL+ group performed less well than MTL group
• HM did the worst in his group (MTL)

Question 5

conclusion?

Answer 5

anterolateral temporal cortex is responsible for semantic knowledge